Resting at Monkey Island (Southland) Tuatapere Te Waewae Community, South Island, New Zealand
By kryshan on 23-Jan-11. Waypoint GC2MW3R

We are interested in finding archived caches since we were told about the statistic on project gc for logging archived caches. This was an easy find. Thanks for the cache and thank you for the smiley

Found Cache quickly in hand at new co'ods as placed. Was wery wet inside and couldn't salvage log. New bag & log. This one could be good to go when weather improves. BYOP TFTC
*The wind really whips through here. Cache pulled from the mini dune that developed at hide. Rocked at the stay.*

Read some old posts and found the cache. The Cosy Nook cache was a bust but at least I get a smilie here. SL TFTC

Logging with permission of CO.
We visited" Resting at Monkey Island (Southland)" today and found the cache in a pile of bricks about 30 metres from GZ, just spotted it when wandering around the cemetery. The listed co-ordinates area has been cleaned up and there is nowhere to hide the cache. I have hidden it under the fence brace at S46 18.155 E167 43.391 and put a bit of concrete over it. This is too good a spot to not have a cache, a quiet place away from the activity at Monkey Island. TFTC.

Archiving this one since it is missing and a bit far to keep going to replace it now

Logged with Permission. Nice spot.

Logged with permission. Had a nice walk to monkey island

Well there has been some hedge pruning in the area and I couldn't find the cache. I fear it is no longer there.

Great! Thanks for the view

Parked within 3m of GZ and then it was just a matter of stretching the arm. Found with Aoraki Sheep.

A good view for those resting here. Found with debsnz

A nice stroll up from the camp at Monkey Point. Very little wind today. TFTC!!!

Quiet wee spot. [8]

Nice views.Bit windy today. Dropped off 'woodsy owl replacement'.TFTC.

10:30 - Interesting cemetery and easy drive in TFTC

00:00 tftc

Thanks for the cache, which I found during my journey through amazing NZL. Kind regards.

Nice place,shame about the wind.

A nice easy find on a warm almost breeze free day.

Great view- but what a windswept place!

2 of 18 today on a mission to get 9 different cache types in one day (and some extras). A quick easy find. TFTC

#3470

My route for the day was from Invercargill to Te Anau and the first time I have been in this area. After fiinding the virtual at Monkey Island this was the next physical cache I found.

TFTC

ds8300

Swapped. TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 46° 18.152 E 167° 43.393

Coordinates changed to:
S 46° 18.155 E 167° 43.395

Distance from original: 20 feet or 6.1 meters.

Had to change the co-ords of this cache as a fire has destroyed cover all fixed and ready to go now

#67 I felt a little bit scary to go for this one. Also observed from the men working there. Tftc from Germany

Together with my family on a vacation trip to New Zealand. Starting at Auckland airport on transfer to Christchurch we went for a roundtrip exploring the south island. This was one of many caches we found while visiting so many nice and interesting places thanks to all the caches why I want to send a thank you to all CO for the work spent. TFTC.

I'd never been out to this part of the beach before, and I'm glad that this cache brought us to the spot. Although, we really didn't expect to find the cache just lying on the ground, out in the middle of nowhere like we did. As per earlier loggers, someone has deliberately set fire to this cache and area sometime lately, and the container is badly blistered and a bit melted. Although, hard to believe that the contents and the travel bug were still all okay inside. The TB was half in, half out. Container is also missing one of its side clips. Signed log, and made a better hide for it in the spot we thought it had originally been placed in. Think it may need a little TLC. Sadly, this was our last cache before heading back onto the road, and heading home. Brilliant day, and brilliant prelude to Christmas

Found it after Visiting Monkey Island. It was quite exposed, i tried to cover it a bit

It was very exposed as it looked like a fire had burnt the grass around. Thought about moving to undercover but didn't just covered over a little.

Nice spot - TFTC

After visiting Monkey Island we went to search this cache, too. We found it at once at 12.55 p.m.
Thanks for the hide.

TNLN
#4247

Easy found
TFTC
krümel91

:bad: New Zealand - Aotearoa - Middle-earth 2012 or "There and Back Again" :bad:

The tide was still too high for a visit at Monkey Island, so we decided to find the cache first.

Time: 13.36 h

No trade.

Tack för cachen!

Sanne & Kiki

Found it well. TFTC

Excellent spot kryshan thanks for leading me here.

Another find on our journey from Invercargill to Te Anau, really enjoying the beautiful drive up the coast. With wind in our face every time we got out of the car, it felt quite wild and remote along here. Thanks kryshan.

Today we were off to Te Anau, after having a lunch stop at Riverton, we continued our way along the road. This was a quick stop and grab before moving onto the next. Another visit to the the final resting spot of some of the locals.....and others I guess.

The cache was found after a quick search, no problems with it.

Found with ZsaZsa7, Winglen, fitzy_1965 and Rextrex (local NZer) on our trip around the South Is after attending the New Zealand Mega. We managed to grab a few caches on travels and this was just one of them.

Thanks for the cache and the chance to see more of the South island.

A shared find with my Aussie caching mates Winglen, Zsazsa7, Sol de Lune and Fitzy-1965 as a part of the NZMEGA2012 experience and our subsequent tour.

Loved this area of wild coastline, so pleased to explore some of the backroads before going to the island.

Thanks for the cache kryshan.

5677 + 591 = 6268. Day 6 of my week long visit to the New Zealand South Island for the NZ Mega 2012 event along with Sol de Lune, Zsazsa7, Winglen and RexTrex.

Today we drove from Invercargill to Te Anau - a stunning drive firstly along the coast and then up through some beautiful country until we arrived at the gateway to Milford Sound. After leaving Riverton we continued our drive in awe of the views and scenes. Another interesting area to explore before heading out to the Island.

Thanks again kryshan !

TNLN – TFTC !!

Cheers

Seem to be following a couple of Wellingtonians to many of these caches on the coast but a day behind. TFTC #4085

Looked high and low but couldn't find. Will have to try again later when not so windy and cold

Another great find on the Emvy_Us / Waiiti20 mega tour of the Southern South Island. TFTC

Unbelievably cold here today - why was I still wearing shorts? Found with Emvy_us on our southern tiki tour while attending the Dunedin Mega. TFTC

Quick and easy find at the cemetry. Well hidden. T4TC. Did with Mycro Man on our NZ MEGA 2012 South Island Trip

Did with CrystalFairy

just passing by so why not? We're on our way to NZ MEGA 2012 in Dunedin. See you there!

Went looking after dropping eldest daughter to Orepuki for a holiday with amatheson and matheson.clan

I visited the nearby virtual cache last December; I wasn't really concentrating and missed this cache. Today the light was beautiful as I called around 6pm. No wind. Always interesting to see the effects of the wind on trees in the area, though.
TFTC.

Quite a few years since I have visited this far south, nice to re-visit. This was indeed quite an awesome spot, well placed.

TFTC

Easy TFTC

gret place to hide a cache

Easy find. I always find cemeteries interesting reading the headstones.

Came from the other Monkey Island cache, and had to do some Macgyvering through the ravine to get to GZ. TFTC

Found, but it wasn't park&grab since we walked from Monkey Island campsite… A little bit more challenging:)

A windswept morning greeted us but nicely sheltered in this spot,TFTC

Surprised to learn there is quite a large cemetery here.Took a back road away from here.TFTC

A quiet spot with views. Surprised to see new subdivision nearby. TFTC

L+K cz Thanks

TFTC

TFTC

Didn't expect to find a cemetery here - this road is full of surprises TFTC.

Visited MI many times but never had reason to visit the cemetary.

Another incredible spot along this stretch of road. Glad we came for a look and a cache. Dropped off a TB that originated in Toronto, Canada.

Tftc. Digital Travel Diary- TB released. Greetings from german cachers

Came here to visit cache then came back minutes later to visit grave of parents of good a friend from childhood (not realising that the Monkey Island cemetery is the Orepuki Cemetery. You would have to love the coastal life to want to be buried here.

A quick find after visiting Monkey Island. TFTC.

After a night on the freedom camping ground we looked for this cache. It was a quick and easy found.

Thanks for the Cache. Greetings from Switzerland.

Found during our 2012 trip to New Zealand. TFTC
Love these remote cemeteries and spent a while walking round to read the inscriptions.

TFTC thanks for showing.

Thx

0955hrs Love this area TFTC!

Resting at Monkey Island, cool
Greetings from German cachers...
TFTC

Quick find. My great grandmother was buried here when I was young

Quick find. Tftc

Easy find after a quick swim to Monkey Island and back! Very busy area but not at the cemetery!

TFTC

Quick find. TFTC!

quick find after dark today. SL TNLN TFTC

Bit of a search, but found it. Great to read all the grave stones. Thanks for the stop here.

I was in the area so decided to take the nice walk through the cemetery - you got a good wee hide there! While I was admiring some of the tombstones, a weasel (I think) just ran past, then stopped to wonder what I was doing, and then disappeared in the bushes... TFTC!

Came over the back road from the Rock.

took me a wee while but found in the end. TFTC

Quick park and grab on a round trip through western Southland. Salamat!

A quick easy find in this cemetery which seemed quite large given its isolated location. TFTC

Did not know or didn`t remember this cementry, quick find, TFTC.

Fairly quick find. Last of only three for the day. Ah well, at least it didn't rain. TFTC

Got this in the heavy rain . took me while but got there in end . Everyone else ducked but in truck out of rain .

very wet and windy

Quick find on day trip to Te Anau

A nice little find on our tour of the south island

After doing the Virtual cache down the road, we noted that there was a cache further up the hill, deciding no to walk to GZ we managed to navigate our way by car to this lovely spot. Arrived at GZ and found the cache quickly without any issues, another great little spot for a cache with great views, thanks for bringing us here, TFTC TNLNSL (2983)

Don't think we've ever been down the Monkey Island road before and not sure of what we needed to do to claim the virtual - So glad to have this trad. Cemetery seemed much more active than we expected since it seems so desolate. NINO TFTC

Graveyard cache, haunting

we tried the day before to reach this cache from the campingsite, but that was not possible, we camped here and drove the next day to the cemetary where we soon found the cache

Quick find thanks

Enjoyed wandering around this old cemetery, I think there was a maori pa near here in the early days.

Always good to come back to Money Island, nice well kept cemetery.

Thanks Bitsprayer

Dalibor and Jitka found TFTC

Quick find on our way home, thx